Hosiery



v2 Sheets-Sheet 2 9 7421s @22971295' QNUM M cues W E. SACHSENMAIER HOSIERY Filed July 21. 193.1

Nov. 22, 1932.

Patented Nov. 22, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ELWOOD W. SAGI-ISENMAIER, OF CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR TO LARK- WOOD SILK I-IOSIERY MILLS, INC., F CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, A CORPORA- TION OF DELAWARE HO SIERY Application filed July 21,

This invention relates to hosiery and more particularly to hosiery which may be adjusted to a length suitable for the wearer and it is an object of this invention to provide hosiery of the type described which will retain the length to which it is adjusted at all times. It is also an object of this invention to provide hosiery of the type described which will be comfortable for the wearer and attractive in appearance.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a stocking made in accordance with this invention, the stocking being shown adjusted to the shorter length;

Figure 2 is a partial similar view of the stocking shown in Figure l adjusted to the longer length;

Figure 3 is a view showing the manner in which the stocking may be changed from the shorter to the longer length; and

Figures 4 and 5 are vertical sections taken as on line 4-4 of Figure 1 and line 5-5 of Figure 2 respectively. I

In order to more nearly approximate the requirements of the individual wearers there has been a practice of making hosiery in different lengths but this practice has not been popular because of the increased amount of stock that has to be carried by the dealers.

In order to render unnecessary the attaching of the garter to the body of the stocking below the welt or the rolling of the upper portion of the stocking each time the stocking is worn there is provided, as shown in the drawings, a stocking 1 having the usual finished welt 2 with an inturned portion 3 secured in the usual manner, as at 4, to the body 6 of the stocking. This stocking is made of the usual length and is of suitable length for many wearers.

In order to provide for hosiery users who require a stocking of less length the finished welt is turned back or in and what is normally the free edge 7 of the welt or the top of the 1931. Serial No. 552,231.

ing and release the end of the welt. The welt 2 is turned in and the stitching 8 applied at the factory so that when sold to the wearer the stocking is adjusted to its shorter length. As thus adjusted, there is provided a stocking which retains the length to which it is adjusted, which has the welt available for attaching the garter and which is thicker at the welt only by the thickness of the body of the stocking.

To adjust to the longer length it is only necessary to draw the thread 9, as shown in Figure 3, in order to release the welt 2 which may then be turned out giving a stocking that is the width of the welt longer than it was previously. With the welt turned out, as in Figures 2 and 5, the stocking is the usual complete stocking with a finished inturned welt. The arrangement described provides a range of twice the width of the welt for attaching the garter without having the garter attached to the body of the stocking alone and which retains the length to which it is adjusted.

What is claimed is 1. An extensible stocking having a pluralply top formed by a single-ply portion of the leg fabric and a finished-ed e upper portion turned-down thereupon and having its finished edge separably secured thereto by means of a draw thread.

2. An extensible stocking comprising a finished-top portion turned down upon the adjacent lower portion of the stocking and secured thereto by a removable attaching thread and constituting a finished stocking of one length, said thread being readily remov able to permit said top portion to be released and turned up to provide a finished stocking of greater length...

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ELWOOD W. SACHSENMAIER. 

